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‘Fiercely loyal, endlessly generous’ father named as victim of Rottnest Island shark attack

Steven Mattaboni, a 38-year-old Perth surveyor and avid fisherman, was killed in a fatal shark attack at Horseshoe Reef near Rottnest Island, Western Australia, on Saturday morning; emergency responders were unable to revive him after he was brought to shore at Geordie Bay. His wife Shirene, the Kingsley football club, and Western Australia's premier Roger Cook paid tribute to Mattaboni as a loyal, generous man and devoted father to his two young daughters, while authorities confirmed a five-metre white shark was spotted near the attack site and urged caution in the area.